HARRIS COUNTY - Harris County Trustees foreclosed on 9,993 properties in 2012, a 9.9 percent drop from the 11,092 posted in 2011 and the lowest level of foreclosure activity since 2006, according to the Foreclosure Information & Listing Service (FLS).

Foreclosure postings totaled 34,730 in 2012, a 20.8 percent decline from the 43,832 posted in 2011 and the lowest level since 2008.

FILS notes that the foreclosure crisis is over and forecasts postings to range between 1,000 and 1,500 by the end of 2013.